Word: taxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...needs repair, or if the roof leaks, you know that you are wasting money, not saving it, by failing to make that repair." He put in this category Republican slashes which would curtail reclamation and soil-conservation projects, and force reduction in the number of customs and border guards, tax auditors and labor conciliators...
...York, officials at the International Beauty Show figured that the U.S. woman's face depreciates at an $85-a-year clip, reasoned that she should be able to deduct facial repair costs from her income tax...
Speed-Up. Despite Citizen Washburn's opinion, Congress had its busiest week to date. The House passed Harold Knutson's tax reduction bill, thus immeasurably speeding up a final determination of the tax question. It also shouted through a cut-rate Labor-Federal Security Appropriation bill, over attempts to scuttle the U.S. Conciliation Service, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the NLRB. The House joined the Senate in extending a modified Second War Powers Act until June 30, ending Selective Service, and appropriating $9,000,000 to help Mexico fight its foot-&-mouth disease epidemic...
...Allen doesn't dislike radio. He just resents having to work all week long for only $20,000." He does indeed, as he once ruefully admitted in seven words that catalogue his complete attitude toward his work: "This drudgery, this sham, this gold mine." Actually, after the tax collectors and the 60 members of his cast are paid off, Allen's gold mine yields him closer to $2,000 a week...
...regular moviegoers were staying home. Variety blamed it on bad weather, so-so pictures and "income-tax blues...